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I've Seen Your Face Before MAG

July 1, 2009
By Mollie Knapp BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
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Faces swirl
fuse
mold
into one
as El trains
whip past.

I’ve Seen Your Face Before
you aren’t that different
At All

Faces recycled

Her:
A Porcelain doll
careful not to
shatter
the glass

Him:
eyes like
coffee truffles
follow mine
down
the escalator

Us:
gawky
sweet smiley silences
cross our faces
spelling out the words
we dare not say to
the other

Cosmic forces made it
this way;
we aren’t the same
simply repeated patterns,
a strand of DNA
dripping with A’s



T’s



C’s


G’s
Cohesive:
our humanity –
a fresh scar
sole tear
lone kiss

but faces
become the same
as El trains
whip past

© Emily F., Cape Town, South Africa

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AlexiaB BRONZE said...
on Jul. 30 2009 at 5:23 pm
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i love this poem
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on Jul. 26 2009 at 1:02 am
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i have never read anything like it before! it was so original and sweet... i loved it i truely did... thanks for posting it! <3, Kayla P.S. i posted a ton of new work...check it out...please and thank you...
Duckie430 said...
on Jul. 24 2009 at 5:52 pm
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really beautiful. good job.
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deep. i love it.
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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! great job!!
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i like this because its so simple but still really deep
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Okay, i agree with everyone who commented...that was incredible, amazing, beautiful, wonderful. great job!
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Incredible!!
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wow... that is really amazing
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Beautiful!
Schubster said...
on Jul. 2 2009 at 2:08 pm
wonderful. I loved it.